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A 10 page overview of the importance of the adoption of computers as an instructional technology. The author reports that some ninety-eight percent of our schools have Internet access and the average ratio of students to computers has dropped to the all-time low of 5:1 yet our full acceptance of computers as an educational aid has not developed. This is unfortunate given that computers have the ability to allow us to meet two primary educational goals: the transmission of knowledge and the preparation of children for fulfillment of their future roles in society. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Instructional technology has been in a state of evolution throughout history. In the latter part of the twentieth century, however, the
pace of that evolution quickened. With the advent of computers the fate of the slate blackboard and the dusty corners of traditional libraries began a downward spiral towards extinction.
The majority of classrooms now have access to a variety of forms of cutting edge technology, especially computers. Computers have, in fact, become one of the most innovative
and captivating educational tools currently in use in the classroom and in the home. They are also a somewhat controversial tool. The intent of this paper is to
examine that controversy and to analyze what we accept today in regard to informational technology, to examine both the attributes and the disadvantages of the use of computers as an
instructional technology. In just the last decade some $9 billion has been spent in U.S. schools to develop information technology infrastructure (Wilson, 2003).
Consequently, some ninety-eight percent of our schools have Internet access and the average ratio of students to computers has dropped to the all-time low of 5:1 (Poindexter, 2003).
Critics continue to contend, however, that there is no credible large-scale research to demonstrate the effectiveness of computers as an educational tool. There are also objections that teachers themselves
do not know how to use the technological tools with which they are provided (Cascade Policy Institute, 1999; Wilson, 2003). Computers in the classroom have proven themselves, however, in
more than one aspect of education and teachers are coming to rely more and more on them everyday (Wilson, 2003). It appears that the higher level a teacher teaches,
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